The player who stepped in for the Huskies' best returning defender in 2017 now gets to be in charge of stopping the perhaps the college nation's best all-purpose back. If MLB Ben Burr-Kervin pulls it off Saturday afternoon in Glendale, the good-as-new repair will stand as a significant achievement for Chris Petersen's regime at Washington.

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CB Kyler Gordon, the state's top-rated recruit from Archbishop Murphy High in Everett, committed to the University of Washington Thursday night. He waited a day after Wednesday's new early signing date for NCAA programs so he could have a spotlight to himself on KING5 TV.

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The Washington Huskies received letters of intent from 18 recruits in 10 states, including Tennessee and Texas, on the first day of the new NCAA Division I early signing period. The Class of 18 could expand over the next two days and again during the traditional signing period that starts in February, coach Chris Petersen said.

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Daniel F. Fears, an attorney representing Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon, said Thursday that his client adamantly denies sexual harassment allegations made against him this week by a former employee of Moon's, Wendy Haskell. Those allegations, contained in a lawsuit filed against Moon Monday, can be found here.

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A California woman, employed by a sports marketing company led by former University of Washington and Seahawks quarterback Warren Moon, has filed suit against the former football star and current broadcaster accusing him of sexual harassment. According to the Washington Post, which first reported the story, the suit was filed Monday in Orange County, CA.

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Washington's Vita Vea, a 6-foot-5, 340-pound defensive tackle from Milpitas, CA., Tuesday was selected the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and also won the Morris Trophy, presented annually to the top offensive and defensive linemen in the conference. The league award is voted upon by Pac-12 coaches, the Morris Trophy by players.

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Washington placed five players on the All-Pac-12 first team announced Tuesday while Washington State contributed two. Neither UW's Jake Browning, last year's Offensive Player of the Year, nor WSU's Luke Falk, who established every significant conference passing record this season, made the first or second teams. Both were honorable mention selections.

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Projected originally to play in the Alamo Bowl, and most recently in the Cotton, Washington instead will play opposite Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ., Saturday, Dec. 30. That announcement came Sunday following the College Football Playoff Committee's choice of national semifinal pairings, No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Alabama and No. 2 Oklahoma v. No. 3 Georgia.

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Jonathan Smith is the next Oregon State football coach, the school announced Thursday afternoon. The Washington Huskies offensive coordinator for four seasons under Chris Petersen, Smith, 38, was the Beavers quarterback from 1998-2000, when OSU finished fourth in the country his senior season. He signed a five-year deal and will be introduced at 11 a.m. Thursday.

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The University of Washington parlayed its 41-14 Apple Cup victory last Saturday night into a four-place jump in the weekly College Football rankings released Tuesday night on ESPN. The Huskies came in at No. 13 after their decisive win in the rivalry game, and will learn Sunday where they will go bowling, and against whom.

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Washington rose two spots to No. 13 while Washington State plunged seven places to No. 21 in the Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday. The Huskies (10-2, 7-2) made the move after crushing the Cougars (9-3, 7-3) 41-14 in the 110th Apple Cup Saturday night in Seattle.

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In terms of anti-climaxes, the Apple Cup Saturday night made a run at Y2K, a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. Ruthless as was Washington's defense and relentless as was the Huskies offense, the utter inability of the Washington State Cougars to play to the level of a 2-9 team, much less the 9-2 team they were, was bewildering.

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Mike Leach sounded as if he worried what a team of middle-schoolers would do to his Washington State Cougars if they failed to focus. But it was the Washington Huskies who tore them to shreds Saturday night. QB Luke Falk was the MMP: Most Mauled Player, throwing three picks, coughing up a fumble and getting sacked five times for a loss of 38 yards in a 41-14 demolition in front of a capacity crowd of 71,265 at Husky Stadium.

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Takeaway

Although missing two of their top offensive weapons, WR/PR Dante Pettis and RB Lavon Coleman, No. 15 Washington had zero trouble dominating No. 14 Washington State 41-14 Saturday night in the 110th Apple Cup at Husky Stadium (box). UW's decisive victory denied WSU an opportunity to win the Pac-12 North and play South winner USC in the Pac-12 championship game in Santa Clara, CA.,  Friday.

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Regarding the Apple Cup Saturday, I'm neither canine nor feline. Did a little grad work at the University of Washington, but I don't have a rooting interest based on where I squandered my tuition money.

My adult rooting interest in any game always has been based on a professional tenet: If I am moved at all to cheer (which happens as frequently as every Ice Age),  I cheer for a good story, regardless of laundry color.

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Since the Associated Press introduced college football rankings in 1936, Washington and Washington State have faced each other 79 times (they did not meet in the war years of 1943 and 1944). The Huskies have won 51, including the past four in a row (the teams tied twice). Of the 79, only eight rivalry games have had both teams ranked by AP as they are this year.

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Washington State (9-2, 6-2) advanced one spot to 13th in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night on ESPN, while Washington (9-2, 6-2) also moved up one place to No. 17. The Cougars were idle last week while the Huskies scored a 33-30 victory over the University of Utah with a 38-yard, Tristan Vizcaino field goal as time expired.

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Midway through the college football season, before Washington State unraveled at California 37-3 and Washington stumbled 13-7 at Arizona State Oct. 13-14, the local sports talk shows were salivating over the Nov. 25 Apple Cup.  The schools were off to 6-0 starts that had never happened in the 108 years of  annual mutual invective and head-banging.

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In the wake of its 33-30 win over Utah Saturday night, Washington rose one spot to No. 15 in the Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday, while idle Washington State also advanced a notch to No. 14. This marks the first year since the Apple Cup officially began in 1962 that both schools are in the top 15 heading into the rivalry game.

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Witnesses may have believed that the pivotal moment of the game came when Tristan Vizcaino hit the first game-winning field goal of his life from 38 yards at 00:00 to give the Washington Huskies a delirious 33-30 win over Utah Saturday night at Husky Stadium. They would be wrong.

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